Laurie Penny - Read Free From Internet https://readfrom.net/ ru Laurie Penny - Read Free From Internet DataLife Engine The Hundredth House Had No Walls https://readfrom.net/laurie-penny/496812-the_hundredth_house_had_no_walls.html https://readfrom.net/laurie-penny/496812-the_hundredth_house_had_no_walls.html The Hundredth House Had No Walls
]]> Tue, 19 Nov 2019 04:17:39 +0200 Bitch Doctrine https://readfrom.net/laurie-penny/315800-bitch_doctrine.html https://readfrom.net/laurie-penny/315800-bitch_doctrine.html Bitch Doctrine
"An invaluable case for truth-telling in an age of chaos and lies." —Emily Nussbaum

"[Penny] bravely keeps thinking and talking and learning and trying to make the world better." —Caitlin Moran

Smart and provocative, witty and uncompromising, this collection of Laurie Penny's celebrated essays establishes her as one of the most important and vibrant political voices of our time. Bitch Doctrine takes an unflinching look at the definitive issues of our age, from the shock of Donald Trump's election and the victories of the far right to online harassment and the transgender rights movement.

Penny is lyrical and passionate in her desire to confront injustice, and she's writing at the raw edge of a revolution-hungry zeitgeist, a time when it has never been more vital to actively question and fiercely dispute all forms of complacency, including social norms. This darkly comic, often biting yet empathic, revelatory...]]> Sun, 21 Nov 2010 09:22:17 +0200 Your Orisons May Be Recorded https://readfrom.net/laurie-penny/315799-your_orisons_may_be_recorded.html https://readfrom.net/laurie-penny/315799-your_orisons_may_be_recorded.html Your Orisons May Be Recorded
All prayers are answered, but sometimes the answer is no. And sometimes the answer is "let me talk to my manager and get back to you."]]> Sun, 21 Nov 2004 09:22:16 +0200 Everything Belongs to the Future https://readfrom.net/laurie-penny/315801-everything_belongs_to_the_future.html https://readfrom.net/laurie-penny/315801-everything_belongs_to_the_future.html Everything Belongs to the Future
Time is a weapon wielded by the rich, who have excess of it, against the rest, who must trade every breath of it against the promise of another day's food and shelter. What kind of world have we made, where human beings can live centuries if only they can afford the fix? What kind of creatures have we become? The same as we always were, but keener.In the ancient heart of Oxford University, the ultra-rich celebrate their vastly extended lifespans. But a few surprises are in store for them. From Nina and Alex, Margo and Fidget, scruffy anarchists sharing living space with an ever-shifting cast of crusty punks and lost kids. And also from the scientist who invented the longevity treatment in the first place.Everything Belongs to the Future is a bloody-minded tale of time, betrayal, desperation, and hope that could only have been told by the inimitable Laurie Penny.]]> Tue, 21 Nov 2000 09:22:17 +0200